Nao Ōmori

Nao Ōmori (大森 南朋, Ōmori Nao; born February 19, 1972), sometimes credited as Nao Ohmori or Nao Omori, is a Japanese actor. He was given the Best Supporting Actor award at the 2004 Yokohama Film Festival.^[1]

Nao Ōmori
Nao Ōmori, Actor, at 81st Venice International Film Festival in Venice, Italy.
Born	(1972-02-19) February 19, 1972 (age 53) Tokyo, Japan
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1997–present
Father	Akaji Maro
Relatives	Tatsushi Ōmori (brother)

Career

Omori starred in Takashi Miike's Ichi the Killer.^[2] He co-starred with Shinobu Terajima in Ryuichi Hiroki's Vibrator.^[3]

Personal life

Omori is the son of the actor Akaji Maro and the younger brother of the film director Tatsushi Ōmori.^[4]

Filmography

Films

• The Revenge: A Scar That Never Fades (1997)
• Tenshi ni Misuterareta Yoru (1999) as Shop assistant
• Big Show! Hawaii ni Utaeba (1999) as Jimmy
• Monday (2000)
• Swing Man (2000)
• Quartet (2001) as Daisuke
• Ichi the Killer (2001) as Ichi
• Harmful Insect (2001) as Man at Love Hotel^[5]
• Out (2002) as Kenji Yamamoto
• Dolls (2002) as Matsumoto's Colleague
• Demonlover (2002) as Shoji
• Pakodate-jin (2002)
• Perfect Blue (2002) as Toshihiko Horibe
• Saru (2003) as Isomura
• Akame 48 Waterfalls (2003)
• Vibrator (2003) as Takatoshi
• Hyaku Iro Megane (2003) as Man Investigating Kaede
• 1-Ichi (2003) as Ichi/Shiroishi
• Iden & Tity (2003) as Toshi
• Jam Films 2 (2004) as Kuroki Iwao
• Kagen no Tsuki (2004)
• Breathe In, Breathe Out (2004) as Yutaka Tadokoro
• Socrates in Love (2004)
• Nonki-na Nesan (2004) as Kazuo
• Yaji and Kita: The Midnight Pilgrims (2005) as Tortured Samurai
• It's Only Talk (2005)
• Yokubo (2005) as Goro Nose
• Rampo Noir (2005) as First Lieutenant Sunaga (story "Imomushi")
• A Day Beyond the Horizon (2005)
• The Whispering of the Gods (2005) as Ukawa
• Kagi ga Nai (2005)
• Su-ki-da (2005)
• I Just Didn't Do It (2006) as Koji Yamada
• Children (2006) as Tatsuya Jinnai
• Catch Ball Ya (2006) as Takashi Oyama
• Tekkonkinkreet (2006) (voice) as Chocola
• Tears for You (2006) as Doctor
• The Go Master (2006) as Utaro Hashimoto
• Mushishi (2006) as Koro
• Otoko wa Sore o Gaman Dekinai (2006) as Takashi
• Midnight Eagle (2007) as Kensuke Saito
• Missing (2007) as Son
• Achilles and the Tortoise (2008)
• Tokyo! (2008)
• Fish Story (2009)
• The Vulture (2009) as Masahiko Washizu
• The Laughing Policeman (2009) as Kochi Saeki
• Sweet Little Lies (2010)
• Golden Slumber (2010)
• From Up on Poppy Hill (2011) (voice) as Akio Kazama
• The Egoists (2011)
• Unfair 2: The Answer (2011)
• Tokyo Playboy Club (2012)
• Helter Skelter (2012)
• The Ravine of Goodbye (2013)
• R100 (2013)
• Parasyte: Part 1 (2014)
• Museum (2016)
• Outrage Coda (2017) as Ichikawa
• The Outsider (2018) as Seizu
• Lying to Mom (2018)
• First Love (2019)
• This Old Road: Kono Michi (2019) as Hakushū Kitahara
• Living in the Sky (2020)^[6]
• The Great Yokai War: Guardians (2021) as Nurarihyon^[7]
• And So the Baton Is Passed (2021)^[8]
• Goodbye Cruel World (2022)^[9]
• Dr. Coto's Clinic 2022 (2022) as Takashi Sakano^[10]
• Shin Kamen Rider (2023) as Spider Augment-01 (voice)^[11]
• Kubi (2023) as Hashiba Hidenaga^[12]
• The Innocent Game (2023) as Daigo Numata^[13]
• Broken Rage (2024)^[14]
• Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist's Journey (2025) as Akiko's father^[15]
• Hiraba no Tsuki (2025), Eguchi^[16]
• Eikou no Bakkuhomu (2025), Katsuo Hirata^[17]

Television

• Dr. Coto's Clinic (2003–06) - Takashi Sakano^[10]
• Hagetaka: Road to Rebirth (2007) - Masahiko Washizu
• Ryōmaden (2010) - Takechi Hanpeita^[18]
• Man of Destiny (2012) - Kazuo Yamabe^[19]
• Dr. Storks (2015) - Takayuki Imahashi
• Totto TV (2016) - Tadasu Iizawa
• My Housekeeper Nagisa-san (2020) - Nagisa-san
• Chimudondon (2022) - Kenzō Higa^[20]
• What Will You Do, Ieyasu? (2023) - Sakai Tadatsugu^[21]
• The Great Chase ~Metropolitan Police Department SSBC Violent Crimes Unit~ (2025) - Shuji Igaki^[22][23]
• Since I Took You Away (2025), Aasahi Yuki^[24]

Video games

• Yakuza 6: The Song of Life (2016) - Tsuneo Iwami